I don't know what sane minded reason could there in the world be for this. First of all I don't think many people today would even watch a Biblical themed movie, let alone a new one, second and most important: big epics need money, and the story of Ben-Hur is one of those that would suck millions and millions just to make an average time passer made for fans only. It is a given that money would never come back. And here they're making a made for TV remake with a bunch of more or less unknown faces. Great.

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No matter how cleverly you sneak up on a mirror, the reflection always looks you straight in the eye.

I think you guys are forgetting that there was even a TV version of The Ten Commandments a few years back. As it was an entirely forgettable version, your memory lapses are easily forgiven. But the TV guys are always pulling these kinds of stunts.

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That's what you get, Drink, for being such an annoying Melville fanboy.